Device useful in the shipping and packing of automobiles



9611931. A. MOWILLIAMS 1,787,870

DEVICE USEFUL- IN THE SHIPPING AND PACKING OF AUTOIOBILES Filed July '16. 1928 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS Paten tecl Jan. 6, 1 931 i 'l I i 11,787,876

1 Q NIT STATES i ALEXANDER MewI LIeMs,' or Bonn orry on'rAnlo, CANADA, AssIoNoR "r roan -MOTOR COMPANY on CANADA, LIMITED, ornonn CITY; ONTARIO, CANADA DEVICE USEEUL IN THE SHIPPING- AND .EACKING or AUTOMOBILES Application filed. July 16,1928. Serial no. 293,138.]

The presentinvention relates to devices useful in the packlngand shipping of automoblles and 1s especially designed for use with the well known Model T'Ford, but is not 1 limited in its use therewith as with minor modifications, it may be adapted to other automobiles.

Heretofore in the packing for shipment of automobiles, in closed freight cars it has been found that it is necessary or desirable to compress the springs of said vehicles, both for the purpose of decreasing the space occupied 1 by the vehicle and also for the purpose of ren- .dering them more rigid and hence less liable to injury.

Among the objects of the present invention,

is means for clamping in compressed condition, the springs of such vehicles so as .to enable the easy and quick application of such means and lessen the liability of accidental,

displacement. v I

Another object is means for the purpose indicated which shall be simple and cheap in construction and substantially incapable of improper operation.

Still other objects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reference to the following description and the accompanying drawing in which "Figure 1 is a more or less diagrammatic front elevation of the front axle, springs and.

front frame member of an automobile, with the present device in place.

. Figure 2 is a similar view of the rear axle of such a vehicle.

' Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1 Figure4 is a side view of the device shown in Figure 3.

V Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of F igure 2, and

Figure dis a side elevation of thedevice shownin Flgure 5.

In the drawings, a front axle of thevehicle is indicated at 10 and a rear axle at 11. The

the two springs are indicated as being seated in channel'members 14 and 15. respectively, and the former of these is shown as bent up5 shaped member 20 havingslots 21 near its free ends and preferably formed of flat bar or the spring and channel" as thecase may be. The member 22 is shown as being somewhat wider than the member 20 and adapted to embrace the channel 1 5 as well as the spring 13. t t

In the case of the front axle, the channel member 14 does not lieso close to the springs and hence the member 20 need be wide enough to embrace only the spring. The-open end front spring is indicated at 12 and the rear I spring at .13. 'In the construction shown,"

Wardly, while the other one is bent downstock. Thismember 20 should be of sufficient width "at its closed end to brace "the spring of the U-shaped member is adapted to span the respective axles 10 and 11 and when the springs are compressed, the member 20 or the member 22 extends sufliciently far below the axle to enable the passage through slots 21 of a notched bar 25 of which the notches open downwardly and are spaced to receive the ends oft-he U-shaped member, as shown I clearly in Figures 3 and 5. It'is preferred to-make' thisv bar 25 of stock similar to that of the U-shapedfmember for economy. Re-

lease of the springs will then cause the bar 25 to bear against the lower sides of the axle andmaintain the springs in their compressed condition with no possibility of the bar 25 being displaced by accident.

Now having described the invention and the preferred forms of embodiment thereof, it

isto be understood that the said invention is g to be limited not tothe specific details herein described and set forth but only by the scope of the claim which follows.

Whaf I claim isz- Means for holding compressed snrings of Vehicles for shipment, comprising a one piece "U-shaped member of flat bar stock having aligned slots in its free ends and adapted to embrace a spring and an axle, and a bar of similar stock having downwardly opening notches in its lower edge adapted to pass thru said slots and to receive and lock the ends of 7 said U-shaped member in its notches.

'--;,.ALEXANDER MCWILLIVAMSQ 

